A Rare N64 Driving Title From 1997 Has Been Ignored For Decades — Time To Bring It Back On Switch 2
Thirty years on, Nintendo's forgotten N64 racing game deserves a Switch 2 rebirth.
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Tag: Nintendo 64
Collider Ranks the 10 Greatest Fifth Generation Consoles, From the Pippin to the Game Boy Color
Collider ranks the ten greatest fifth-generation consoles, mixing triumph with embarrassment across Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Atari, NEC, Commodore, and Apple.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Mario Party Superstars Sticks to What Already Worked
Mario Party Superstars review: the 2021 Switch game brings back five N64 boards, 100 minigames and button controls for a greatest-hits run.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Wetrix Turns Rainfall Into a Resource You Can Drown In
Wetrix review: Zed Two's 1998 water-catching puzzle game for N64 and PC, from its fireball economy to its thin split-screen battle mode. Score: 8.5/10.
Game Reviews8.8/10
The 1970s That Never Happened, and the Vehicular Brawler Built on Top of It
Vigilante 8 review: Luxoflux's 1998 vehicular combat classic, its alternate 1975 oil-crisis setting, the Site-4 ambush, and why it still holds up.
Game Reviews6/10
Tetrisphere Wraps Its Puzzle Grid Around a Ball and Never Quite Justifies the Gimmick
Tetrisphere brought a wrapped sphere and chain-reaction combos to the N64 in 1997, with a Neil Voss score reviewers loved. A buried puzzle experiment.
Game Reviews7.4/10
N64 kart racer Snowboard Kids gets a rerelease that keeps the racing tight and the extras slim
Snowboard Kids on Nintendo 64: nine odd courses, two item slots, and a 100-gold economy that make Atlus's 1997 racer smarter than its thin story.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Ridge Racer 64 Review: Namco’s Arcade Racer Lands on Nintendo 64
Ridge Racer 64 brought Namco's arcade racer to Nintendo 64 in 2000 with 20 tracks, split screen, and a 2025 Nintendo Classics return.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Rampage World Tour (Nintendo 64) Review: Three Monsters on One Cartridge
Rampage World Tour on Nintendo 64 is the only home port with full three-player support, matching the arcade original. Our review scores it 7.2/10.
Game Reviews7.7/10
Midway dropped the NBA Jam name and Michael Jordan, then made its best arcade basketball game anyway
NBA Hangtime (1996) review: Midway's two-on-two arcade sequel adds Create Player, team fire, and 1996-97 rosters — but no Michael Jordan.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Mortal Kombat Trilogy on N64 Crams the Whole Series In and Pays for It
Mortal Kombat Trilogy review: the Aggressor bar, Brutality finishers, restored fighters and unused moves, plus what the Nintendo 64 version loses. 8.4/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
International Superstar Soccer 64: Konami’s Nintendo 64 Soccer Classic Holds Up
Konami's ISS 64 brought 36 teams, six modes and a 70-match World League to the Nintendo 64 in 1997. A retro review of a flawed but great soccer game.